Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...

Each rune not only represents a phonetic sound but also has its own distinct meaning often connected with Norse mythology (see clickable alphabet at left). Scholars believe that early peoples used ...

The study of runes goes beyond just an ancient writing system; they represent an ancestral legacy full of wisdom and mystical ...

Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written ...

Along with the details found within Norwegian stave churches, rune stones provide some of the best evidence we have of the slow transition from belief in the old Norse Gods to the ‘new ...

A famed Viking-age silver hoard discovered in Scotland may have belonged to an entire community of people, rather than one ...

Archaeologists have made pre-Viking Norse language discovery atgrave site containing pieces of stone inscribed with Germanic ...

The oldest runes were in use until about 700AD. How these letters originated and evolved has long been a mystery. "The development of runic writing and the practice of inscribing runes on stone ...

it also has that rarest of things - the name of the person who was responsible. Down one side, written in ancient Norse runes, is the inscription 'Thorwald raised this cross'.